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Lectrician1 (talkcontribs)

@AKlapper (WMF) I've change this page to just describe how to use Git to interact with Gerrit. It doesn't describe anything else about Gerrit. That has been moved to other pages such as Gerrit/Web tutorial.

AKlapper (WMF) (talkcontribs)

@Lectrician1 ...which makes it Gerrit specific, due to URLs like "gerrit.wikimedia.org", and due to workflows like "git review".

Lectrician1 (talkcontribs)

Okay, but by naming this the main "Gerrit tutorial" it makes it seem as if Git is the only way you use Gerrit. You can also use Gerrit using the web interface. That's why I suggested changing it to "Git tutorial" to differentiate it.

AKlapper (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Git is the only way to use Gerrit (on a server) as Gerrit does not work without Git repositories behind it, but I assume you refer to installing a Git client on your machine from a user perspective, indeed. The problem is that there are several meanings here, I'm afraid... :-/ And I do not think that many folks use the (quite non-intuitive) web interface, so using git is the more common way I'd think. See also previous discussion and feedback in Topic:X9mxl87i9na7ppu9.

Lectrician1 (talkcontribs)

I think people do use the web interface and it is easy to use. I personally used the web interface to make my first changes because I could get setting up SSH keys to work. It was very challenging. Just recently on the MediaWiki Discord server I saw someone not be able to set up SSH keys and they used the web interface instead. That's why I think it's important to show users that the web interface is an available option for them to use.

AKlapper (WMF) (talkcontribs)

The web interface is a nice alternative, indeed.

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